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Genesis 32:28
English Standard Version
Genesis 32:28
English Standard Version
28 Then he said, (A)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for (B)you have striven with God and (C)with men, and have prevailed.”
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- Genesis 32:28 Israel means He strives with God, or God strives
Bereshis 32:28
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Bereshis 32:28
Orthodox Jewish Bible
28 (29) And he said, Shimcha shall be called no more Ya’akov, but Yisroel: for sarita im Elohim ([yisrah=to prevail + El=G-d = Yisroel] ye have striven with Elohim) and with anashim, and hast overcome.
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